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Show Lintsingehow^ C h i n a January ; 18*7 e Dear f r i e n d s ;" Knowing-• thet y@i s r e ' i n t o ^ r e s t e d in"our work $ •1 want to t a l l y#u about a recent * o i a t - e a l l " . ; j u s t before christae s , Hrs.I-i t our bib!K2e woman, 'oamo to ee r i t h tho story of a poor neighbor, a ' •IQ'OT, --Those only daughter had been i l l for weeks t i t S a fever. Tho family f sho seic! , i^ero vory poor* ei'S'd hao4 already spent 'all t h s / -could Dor.^o-f for native doo&frj and ?ietficinee They had now giv^n the* g i r l up to •lie^o-'ic! I go to see hsr t TnTi mother was waiting OtttsldO for :i;/ a,n^er* I w-ont out to the mother, ss m££pf rotf-oyord** l i t t le wo-n on, "-ho foil on her koe-i „-jfor?5 ®4 d&4 v~{? <£& t h a t I 3 e ye her cL tighter':* l i f e , - and herj, ^or she ?->icl*. i f th? lafcjgiitor &•< s h e could -not live »I raised her up , and assured her ^1 that the liUdgfitofe o hould have tho best threat sent wo ootili 'giVe", but that the~; fa at jpaj^l^s ie thing for tho medicine • ^e have learned that free ate&iel&O is v.pt to be regard®d 53' of l i t t l e valuta* Tho ItffMft vfeUt Home | b a n k i n g lis volu&bly- %'© bibot woman -raited for mm , and we went to the p a t i e n t s hono together* All aboml tho gate of the \rard , a no* along the wait leading to the door of their lo# . saokey room , black fiioaaa on** scattered* These * $$i H explained, we£S designed to confa s e •the evil s p i r i t s jj i f l .-ir; ght eoje to' sioiost ftto sool of tho ' I iok g i r l , ¥/heo i t should leave her body* The g i r l ' s brother -net us II ths yard '^aal kneeling , fntaped1 his head 00 the ground, b e t i n g us Ho save his BlWir*I life. ^he neighbors crowed &rounJ j uH followed in into the room*- As we entsrsd , i c could see bit l i t t l e ,'foV light came only through the o; en do o r bohind &$ and through a m a ll papered * covered" window. Otffc thing we could see* OppositetVt door ,' |